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The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is proud to be participating in the 2013 Day With(out) Art this Sunday, December 1. If you visit the UMFA this Sunday, you will see a sculpture by Minimalist artist Carl Andre–rather, you won’t see it, because it will be cloaked in black fabric in recognition of Day With(out) Art, which coincides with the World Health Organization’s World AIDS Day. Andre’s sculpture, “Fermator”–made of crossed, pre-cut columns of red cedar– is a bold presence in our Modern […]

December 1, 2012, marks World AIDS day. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts joins with arts organizations around the world to participate in A Day With(Out) Art by shrouding a significant work in our collection. This year’s work will be Female Torso V & A by Auguste Rodin. I came of age during a time when it felt like AIDS was lurking everywhere, and was for so many of us an obsessive playground curiosity (how does one get it? No, […]